136108 Haumea will pass very close to the
Sun in the sky as its orbit carries it around the far side of the solar system
from the Earth.

At closest approach, 136108 Haumea will appear at a separation of
only 27° from the Sun, making it totally
unobservable for several weeks while it is lost in the Sun's glare.

At around the same time, 136108 Haumea will also be at its most distant from
the Earth – receding to a distance of
51.42 AU
– since the two planets will lie on opposite sides of the solar
system.

If 136108 Haumea could be observed at this time, it would appear at its smallest
and faintest on account of its large distance. It would measure
0.0 arcsec
in diameter.

Over following weeks and months, 136108 Haumea will re-emerge to the west of
the Sun, gradually becoming visible for ever-longer periods in the pre-dawn
sky. After around
six months,
it will reach opposition, when it will be visible for virtually the whole
night.
A chart of the path of 136108 Haumea across the sky in 2017 can be found here, and a chart of its rising and setting times here.

The position of 136108 Haumea at the moment it passes solar conjunction will be:

Source

The circumstances of this event were computed using the DE405 planetary ephemeris published by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

This event was automatically generated by searching the ephemeris for planetary alignments which are of interest to amateur astronomers, and the text above was generated based on an estimate of your location.